Signal-lamp.



Patented May 7, l90l.

No. 673,75I.

a. J. ARMOUR. S I G N A L L A M P.

- (Application filed Feb. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 673,751, dated May 7, 1901. Application filed February 11,1898. serial No. 669,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. ARMOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, county of Essex, and State of New J ersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Signal-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to signallamps employed upon railway-trains, and has for its object the provision of a simple, compact, and strong lamp of this character.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in certain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved signal-lamp. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view at line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the supporting-bracket.

Like numerals of reference wherever they occur indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The body of the lamp is of the construction and arrangement fully set forth and described by me in an application heretofore filed. The present application relates particularly to the arrangement of the slides, slideways, magazine for spare glasses,and supporting-bracket.

1 and 2 are the lower and upper portions of the lamp-body, provided with horizontal flanges 3, secured together by means of bolts orscrews 4. 5 represents semicircular flanges which when the two parts 1 and 2 are connected surround circular openings in the wall of the lamp-body. Within each of these openings intended for the reception of a lens 6 is placed a ring 7, having a flange 8 at the outer edge which limits the inward movement of the ring and forms a seat for the lens 6. To the lower portion of the ring 7, within the lamp-body, is fixed a semicircular grooved flange 9 for the reception of a removable and interchangeable glass 10,which may be readily reached when the top of the lamp is thrown back. 11 is a divided holding ring or hoop clamped over the lens, flanges 5, and ringflange 8 by means of a screw or bolt 12. By

this construction the walls of the lens-openings are greatly strengthened and the parts of the lamp-body are firmly bound together.

In order to provide a receptacle for the glasses when not in use, a circular boX 13 is placed within one of the openings in the lamp-body formed by the semicircular flanges 5, this box being provided with a front formed of a fixed portion 14 and movable portion 15, hinged to the fixed portion at 16 and provided with a catch 17. The back 18 of the box 13 is placed at an angle sloping outward toward the top. By this means the glasses 10 are caused to lean against the front of the box, tending to prevent rattling, and when the hinged portion of the front is lowered greatly facilitating the removal of the glasses.

19 is an arm arranged to engage with a suitable supporting-socket at 20 and provided upon the inner portion with a disk 21, arranged to take the place of a lens, being held in place by a ring or hoop 11 and tongues 22 and 23, which enter the lamp-body. The said tongues are perforated, the tongue 22 being preferably riveted to the upper part of the lampbody and the lower tongue 23 passing over a pin 24, thus permitting the separation of the parts 1 and 2 of the lamp-body at pleasure without disturbing the supporting-arm.

The top 25 of the lamp is hinged to the body at 26 for the purpose of reaching the interior.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a lamp body formed in two portions having vertical and horizontal segmental flanges, of bolts or screws connecting the horizontal flanges; rings placed within the vertical flanges, and divided hoops arranged to clamp around said flanges, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a lamp of the character herein specifled, a ring arranged to fit within the lensopening, and provided with a grooved semicircular flange located within the lamp-body for the reception of a removable glass, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a lamp of the character herein specified, a ring arranged to fit within a lens-opening, said ring being provided with an outer flange, and an inner, semicircular grooved flange located within the lamp body, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a lamp of the character herein specified the body whereof is horizontally divided, a ring arranged to fit within a lens-opening, said ring being provided with an outer flange, and an inner, semicircular grooved flange, in combination with a divided clamping-hoop, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a lamp of the character herein specified, the combination with a lens-opening, of abox for holding spare glasses, fitting therein, said box having a sloping back, an outer fixed portion, a hinged portion, and a catch for holding the hinged portion closed, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination with a lamp-body hav-' ing a lens-opening therein, of a supportingarm provided with a disk at its inner end, arranged to be reinovably held in place within the lens-opening, substantially as shown and described. 7

7. In a lamp of the character herein specified, the combination with the two separable portions of the lamp-body having semicircular flanges forming lens-openings, of a supporting-arm arranged to be held in place within a lens-opening, substantially as shown and described.

ROBERT J. ARMOUR; Witnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, M. SIGLER. 

